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For a $3 bet, a Nevada gambler is going to win what the industry calls "a life-changing jackpot.''

Revelers are forking over $2,500 for the best seat at the Streisand concert, or for one drink of Thomas Jefferson's wine.

While some hotel-casinos are offering rebates to guests who booked early at inflated rates, others are refusing to do so. Occupancy rates will be below those of an average weekend.

Newspapers are full of stories about whether utilities, banks, airlines and other industries are ready for Y2K. But what about slot clubs?

The developers of the suburban Las Vegas complex hope the addition, and a new ad agency, will help business, which has been disappointing.

The firm will work do surveying for Suncoast, the newest suburban casino in the area, and civil engineering for a mixed-use complex.

The euphoria is gone, and sober tourism officials now expect fewer New Year's Eve visitors than the city's seen in many years.

During the summer, Strip hotel-casinos announced absurdly high rates for New Year's Eve. For many it turned out to be a greedy mistake, and they're eating crow.

John Grochowski: "Every year, I make my way up and down the aisles at the giant World Gaming Congress and Expo, trying out every new table game I can find."

Rapidly growing Las Vegas would love to lure some big-league sports teams, such as an NBA franchise. But are the city's sports books a problem, or not?

Tourism officials in Nevada vastly overestimated the lure of this New Year's weekend. Strong competition is coming from Greenwich, England, as well as Australia, New Zealand and Rome.

National Sports Services says Wayne Root has five years left on his contract. But Root has said he'll split after next month's Super Bowl.

Las Vegas has become a center of fine dining. We'd love to know which of its restaurants was patronized by a certain airline pilot, who lost his job because he delayed his flight 90 minutes so he could eat at the restaurant.

Las Vegas will be jumpin' for New Year's Eve, but the experts are backing off, way off, earlier estimates of 750,000 visitors on the famed Strip. With less than a month to go, hotel rooms are not yet filled.

A piece of Las Vegas' history will fall soon when the Stardust demolishes its original 537 rooms. They were built in 1958.

The Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas will celebrate New Year's Eve with its light and sound show in 3D. Starship, Guess Who, Creedence Clearwater and REO Speedwagon will perform.

Every new casino in Las Vegas has to have a theme. Steve Wynn suggests that Mirage Resorts' next project may be based on James Bond. But that could lead to a battle against zillionaire Kirk Kerkorian over the rights to 007's brand.

Only in Las Vegas would developers suggest the Titanic as a theme for a hotel-casino project. Now there's a three-way legal fight over legal rights to the name.

Experts thought Steve Wynn was crazy when he gambled $620 million on the Mirage, which opened 10 years ago. But with an emphasis on entertainment like Siegfried & Roy, the Mirage changed Las Vegas.

New slot machines such as "The Three Stooges" and "South Park" worry national anti-gambling activists. A Nevada Congressman says his state can handle the matter without federal intervention.